Assistant Cost Controller​/Purchasing

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Cost Controller / Purchasing professional to join our Finance & Cost Control team in Abu Dhabi with a background in Hospitality / Restaurants & Cafés.

The successful candidate will support purchasing and cost control operations across our Abu Dhabi venues, ensuring timely procurement, competitive pricing, effective vendor management, accurate inventory records, and compliance with company purchasing policies and procedures.

• Coordinate and process purchase requests from the Abu Dhabi venues, ensuring timely procurement and delivery.
• Ensure all purchasing activities comply with established company policies, procedures, quotation requirements, and approval processes.
• Prepare and issue approved Purchase Orders (POs) to respective suppliers within the required timelines.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations to ensure competitive pricing, quality, and value for money.
• Monitor pending purchase orders and follow up with suppliers to ensure timely deliveries.
• Identify new suppliers, products, alternative brands, and cost-effective purchasing opportunities.
• Monitor market conditions, product availability, seasonal trends, price movements, and supplier lead times.
• Maintain effective relationships with suppliers and monitor their service levels and reliability.

• Review and regularly update item master data, including product descriptions, packing, weights, units of measurement, and pricing.
• Verify supplier quotations and ensure system prices and validity periods are updated accurately.
• Review delivery discrepancies, investigate price and quantity variances, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Assist in monitoring food and beverage costs and identifying potential cost-saving opportunities.
• Participate in monthly food and beverage stock counts across the assigned venues.
• Support the Cost Controller in inventory monitoring, stock reconciliation, and cost control reporting.
• Identify purchasing efficiencies and recommend suitable alternative products without compromising quality standards.

• Coordinate with venue management, chefs, department heads, suppliers, and the central purchasing and cost control teams.
• Maintain accurate purchasing documentation, quotations, purchase orders, and supplier records.
• Prepare and review weekly pending purchase order reports and follow up on outstanding deliveries.
• Provide regular updates to the Cost Controller on purchasing activities, supplier performance, market trends, and cost-saving opportunities.
• Assist with administrative coordination, staff schedules, training, and other purchasing-related activities as required.

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Accounting, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 2–4 years of relevant experience in purchasing, procurement, or cost control within the hospitality, restaurant, or F&B industry.
• Good knowledge of food and beverage products, supplier markets, procurement procedures, and inventory management.
• Practical understanding of purchase orders, supplier quotations, delivery discrepancies, stock counts, and inventory reconciliation.
• Experience working with ERP and purchasing systems such as SUPY, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word.

If this feels like a fit, we would love to hear from you!